Experienced Opportunities 

Position: Senior Manager
     
Grade: Senior Manager
 
Location:
  
Beijing
    
Line of Service: Advisory Services
      
Specialism: Performance Improvement - Dealership Management
 
Type of employment: Permanent - Full-time

About Advisory:
     
PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services helps clients manage their most important business issues, from M&A due diligence and integration, to ongoing operational improvements and compliance, to dealing with and overcoming financial distress and investigating potential instances of fraud and capital raising and business separation.  A team of more than 600 advisors across China and Hong Kong share their thinking, experience and solutions on a daily basis to develop fresh perspectives and practical advice for our clients.  Our professionals combine rich industry experience with sound knowledge of the local business environment, resulting outstanding analysis, advice, and implementation support.
     
PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory includes seven main practices: Transaction Services, Performance Improvement, Valuations, Strategy, Business Recovery Services, Forensic Services, and Corporate Finance.
   
About Performance Improvement:
     
Our Performance Improvement team helps clients improve the cost, effectiveness and efficiency of their operations.  This solutions-based service helps clients solve a diverse set of operational issues by utilizing our deep understanding of finance, risk management/compliance, IT systems, operations and human resources.  The unique resources contained within the practice have proven expertise and provide a hands-on approach to business problems - and can be deployed rapidly to address crisis-based issues.

Job description and responsibilities: 

Due to the rapid growth of our business, we are now recruiting a new Subject Matter Expert on Dealership Management and Operations Performance for our CIPS group in automotive industry.  The overall responsibility is to review dealership management process and its performance, to analyze the information collected, to enable a more proactive management of the dealership operation.

Reporting structure and key relationships:

Senior Managers report to the Directors and/or Partners of the firm.

Requirements:

  • Degree qualifications in business or related disciplines are essential, and a post graduate qualification highly regarded;
  • Eight to twelve years' of relevant senior management experience in the automotive dealership network;
  • Big Four accounting firm or equivalent background experience preferred;
  • Experience of running a dealer retail network is a bonus;
  • A history of successfully implementing change management strategies;
  • Experienced in managing MNC and domestic clients;
  • Strong relationship management capabilities, including to customers, staffs, executives, stakeholders and government entities;
  • Demonstrated excellent communication, influencing and negotiation skills;
  • Creative and strategic conceptual thinking approach;
  • Call for details, advanced logic analytical skills;
  • Excellent business sense and commercially aware;
  • Familiar with risk management issues;
  • Bright team player who works effectively under pressure;
  • Hands-on in unravelling commercial complexities and continuous improvement; and
  • Excellent speaking and writing in English and Mandarin, including the ability to write succinct, well-structured reports.

To apply, please submit your resume with a covering letter to:
  

  
Applicants not being invited for an interview within 10 weeks may consider their applications unsuccessful.  Applicants who have applied in the past 12 months are not required to submit your application again.  
  
Thank you for your interest in PricewaterhouseCoopers.